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Hunters help COS nab poaching suspects Angie Mindus Staff Writer Conservation Officer Service (COS) Sgt. Len Butler is crediting the assistance of hunters, guide outfitters and his own staff with helping to bring recent caribou and moose poachers to justice. “There are good hunters out
there who help us and they should be commended,” said Butler, who is in charge of the Cariboo Chilcotin zone. The COS is extremely busy this season, he said. “We can’t stress enough the need for witnesses to come forward. It’s the only way we can get ahead of cases like these.”
The case Butler’s referring to is a successful investigation into the shooting of two cow caribou in the IItcha Ilgachuz mountains last weekend. Butler said officers flew into the remote area Saturday after receiving a report Friday afternoon of a cow caribou found shot on a plateau. A second cow was later
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